Max Parker (July 12, 1882 – July 8, 1964) was an American

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. He was nominated for an

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in the category Best Art Direction for the film '' George Washington Slept Here''. He worked on 86 films between 1916 and 1947. He was born in

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, and died in

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Filmography

* '' The Victoria Cross'' (1916) * '' The Call of the East'' (1917) * '' The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' (1919) * '' The Hoodlum'' (1919) * ''

Heart o' the Hills ''Heart o' the Hills'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and Sidney Franklin, written by Bernard McConville based on John Fox Jr.'s novel of the same name. Plot Jason Honeycutt ( Harold Goodwin) is a young bo ...

'' (1919) * '' His Majesty, the American'' (1919) * ''

Pollyanna ''Pollyanna'' is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter soon writing a sequel, ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' (1915). Eleven more ''Pollyanna'' sequels, known a ...

'' (1920) * '' Suds'' (1920) * '' They Shall Pay'' (1921) * '' Crazy to Marry'' (1921) * '' The Road to Yesterday'' (1925) * '' Made for Love'' (1926) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1926) * ''

Silence Silence is the absence of ambient hearing, audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low sound intensity, intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be exten ...

'' (1926) * '' Her Man o' War'' (1926) * '' Eve's Leaves'' (1926) * '' Sunny Side Up'' (1926) * ''

Gigolo A gigolo ( ) is a male escort, call boy or social companion who is supported by a person in a continuing relationship. The term ''gigolo'' usually implies a man who adopts a lifestyle consisting of a number of such relationships serially rat ...

'' (1926) * '' Bachelor Brides'' (1926) * '' For Alimony Only'' (1926) * '' The Clinging Vine'' (1926) * '' Risky Business'' (1926) * ''

Turkish Delight Turkish delight, or lokum () is a family of confectionery, confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often fl ...

'' (1927) * '' Yellow Lily'' (1928) * '' The Hawk's Nest'' (1928) * '' Happiness Ahead'' (1928) * '' Synthetic Sin'' (1929) * '' On with the Show!'' (1929) * ''

Gold Diggers of Broadway ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Techni ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Public Enemy ''The Public Enemy'' (''Enemies of the Public'' in the UK) is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman, and starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods ...

'' (1931) * '' Gold Dust Gertie'' (1931) * '' Night Nurse'' (1931) * '' Chandu the Magician'' (1932) * '' Call Her Savage'' (1932) * '' Too Busy to Work'' (1932) * '' The Warrior's Husband'' (1933) * '' Hold Me Tight'' (1933) * '' The Devil's in Love'' (1933) * '' The Power and the Glory'' (1933) * '' The Worst Woman in Paris?'' (1933) * ''

I Am Suzanne ''I Am Suzanne!'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks. The picture's puppetry sequences f ...

'' (1933) * '' Grand Canary'' (1934) * '' Springtime for Henry'' (1934) * '' The White Parade'' (1934) * '' Helldorado'' (1934) * '' Here's to Romance'' (1935) * '' Redheads on Parade'' (1935) * ''

The Gay Deception ''The Gay Deception'' is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee. Writers Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman were Candidate, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. Plot Secretary Mirabel Miller wins a ...

'' (1935) * '' Colleen'' (1936) * '' Sons o' Guns'' (1936) * '' Satan Met a Lady'' (1936) * ''

China Clipper ''China Clipper'' (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila on November 22, 193 ...

'' (1936) * '' Give Me Your Heart'' (1936) * ''

Gold Diggers of 1937 ''Gold Diggers of 1937'' is a Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell and ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

Marked Woman ''Marked Woman'' is a 1937 American dramatic crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciann ...

'' (1937) * '' Over the Goal'' (1937) * '' Mountain Justice'' (1937) * '' The Singing Marine'' (1937) * '' Marry the Girl'' (1937) * '' That Certain Woman'' (1937) * ''

Love Is on the Air ''Love is on the Air'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1 ...

'' (1937) * '' West of Shanghai '' (1937) * '' The Adventurous Blonde'' (1937) * '' First Lady'' (1937) * ''

Sh! The Octopus ''Sh! The Octopus'' is a 1937 American comedy mystery film produced by Warner Bros., directed by William McGann, and starring Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Marcia Ralston. While contract players Herbert and Jenkins frequently appeared in the sa ...

'' (1937) * '' The Kid Comes Back'' (1938) * '' A Slight Case of Murder'' (1938) * '' Women Are Like That'' (1938) * '' Men Are Such Fools'' (1938) * '' My Bill'' (1938) * ''

Four's a Crowd ''Four's a Crowd'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy, screwball comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles. The picture was written by Casey Robinson and Sig Herzig fr ...

'' (1938) * ''

Brother Rat ''Brother Rat'' is a 1938 American comedy drama film about cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, directed by William Keighley, and starring Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert (in his film debut), Jane Wyman, and W ...

'' (1938) * '' Torchy Runs for Mayor'' (1939) * '' Naughty but Nice'' (1939) * '' Each Dawn I Die'' (1939) * ''

Devil's Island The penal colony of Cayenne ( French: ''Bagne de Cayenne''), commonly known as Devil's Island (''Île du Diable''), was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islan ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Adventures of Jane Arden ''The Adventures of Jane Arden'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Vincent Sherman, Lawrence Kimble, and Charles W. Curran. The film stars Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin, D ...

'' (1939) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) * '' Invisible Stripes'' (1939) * '' It All Came True'' (1940) * ''

Brother Orchid ''Brother Orchid'' is a 1940 American crime/comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy and Allen Jenkins. The screenplay was w ...

'' (1940) * ''

My Love Came Back ''My Love Came Back'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, and Jane Wyman. Based on the 1935 Austrian film ''Episode'' written and directed by Walter R ...

'' (1940) * '' Lady with Red Hair'' (1940) * '' Honeymoon for Three'' (1941) * '' Footsteps in the Dark'' (1941) * '' Thieves Fall Out'' (1941) * ''

Manpower Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ...

'' (1941) * ''

Blues in the Night "Blues in the Night" is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun wi ...

'' (1941) * '' All Through the Night'' (1942) * '' Wings for the Eagle'' (1942) * '' George Washington Slept Here'' (1942) * '' The Hard Way'' (1943) * '' Princess O'Rourke'' (1943) * '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944) * '' Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945) * '' Pride of the Marines'' (1945) * '' Nobody Lives Forever'' (1946) * ''

Cloak and Dagger "Cloak and dagger" was a fighting style common by the time of the Renaissance involving a knife hidden beneath a cloak. The term later came into use as a metaphor, referring to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage, or mystery. Over ...

'' (1946) * '' The Big Sleep'' (1946) * '' Of Human Bondage'' (1946) * ''

Three Strangers ''Three Strangers'' is a 1946 American film noir crime drama directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Peter Lorre, and featuring Joan Lorring and Alan Napier. The screenplay was written by John Hu ...

'' (1946) * '' Deep Valley'' (1947) * '' Secret Beyond the Door'' (1947)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Max 1882 births 1964 deaths American art directors People from Prescott, Arizona